Wendy, it's good to see that you've been keeping Dan busy ~ idle hands are the devil's workshop! Very cool one-off Christmas card. Love the heads that you and Hula are doing.
_________________When you hurry through life, you just get to the end faster.
Pirate Ship Tree House

Well it is Christmas day and I don't know how much I'll work if any but I'm always a bit behind in posting photos so I have a few more of those "in the garage" photos. If you see them today then I know you are like me...hooked on TC. I always have to check in to see what my friends are up to or to read your comments.

I am so lucky to have this man. He shakes up the slip to perfection.

He does all the clean up from pouring and emptying molds.

Now that I turn the molds on their sides with a small amount of slip to seal the mold pieces we use only a few straps.

MadDogMike I bet you had a really fun one with your beautiful family. We sure enjoyed your card.

hang10tiki if you only knew how lazy we are, really. Thank you for all the fun presents. We kept them boxed since our trip and opened them for Christmas. What a blast.
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The Tiki Bob stacker was sent to me as a gift and I can't remember from whom it came. I've saved it for months so I'd have something special for his Christmas and now my memory has left me. If you read this please post.
Dan had three in different colors and always wished for one in the white face. You made his wish come true.
Thank you, now he has a set of three.

I was super happy to win this mug for Dan on eBay. The funny part is that it came from an acquaintance who lives 20 miles from us. Finding it changed our set of 6 to an incomplete set of 7. Does anyone know what the mug we are missing looks like?

Holler Waller was my swap partner for the mug exchange. He sent this wonderful Bosko mug. Dan thinks it looks just like him. Thank you David it was a hit.

It's a tradition that Dan wraps all of my presents in his brightly colored boxer shorts.

What's in Dan's shorts? Two clocks and an outdoor thermometer. All presents I had wished for this year.

I hope you all had a really fun Christmas and that your dreams came true.
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This is the end, the very end my friends. Sing that like a Doors song. We finished up pouring for the Wish List #4.
From this point on I'll just be working on all the projects. I do have to make some molds eventually and those will be poured but for now this is the end to the garage photos.

Moai mold.

Filled.

Emptied 2 hours later.

At a thrift store we found a better fan for drying out the molds in the winter. I don't have to move it.

Same day pouring.

Empty.

Let them sit until they are firm enough to remove.

That means wait until the next day.

Once removed I cover in plastic and put them into the bags.

Another day. Pour.

Empty.

Another day. Pour.

Empty.

We always feel as each day we have done it before. But now we are moving into the next phase.
It's really fun to work on the projects rather than to just keep prepping.